Bobby Paunetto

Reynaldo

What is the official word on the musical quality of these two albums (Commit to Memory & Paunetto's Point)? I read a bunch reviews from various sources but they aren't really telling me what I want to hear. So tell me, are they overhyped? Solid? Bland funk? Terds? Tepid? What?

tripledouble

paunettos point has its moments, (fenway funk i remember being cool) but often steps into territory of tepidnesss...not a terd, by anymeans. i'll give a listen after i get back from the gym. never heard (or seen) the other one

Swayze

Paunetto's Point's potential to lure suckers into paying too much for it far outweighs its musical tepidosity. Yawn. Stretch. Repeat.

I don't know commit...

anthonypearson

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it's totally amazing... uh... was totally amazing. it's gone now.

ap

mannybolone

R,

Personally, I like "Paunetto's Point" though I don't think I would have paid the market rate for it. It has nice moments but it can also get a bit "out" there. I had the opp to pick up "Commit To Memory" on the cheap but the sound is different and I wasn't into anything i heard from it.

mannybolone

you need this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=4797626606

it's totally amazing... uh... was totally amazing. it's gone now.

ap

Anthony,

Is that price "normal" for this LP? I'm at what the LP went for.

anthonypearson

i think it usually goes for like $400 to $600 but it sounded like $1000 to me and it was a perfect copy.

ariel_calmer

"Paunetto's Point" is alright. A little schmaltzy sounding in parts - more funky jazz than latin IMO. There's a cheap double-CD reissue with both it and "Commit to memory" out there.



Oh yeah enough with the does/doesn't "sound like a $XXX record" thing... eesh (unless you're joking)

anthonypearson

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Reynaldo

Thanks for all of the advice/info, dudes. I copped the El Sonido Moderno re-issue/boot (), and cancelled a snipe.

Reynaldo

Any other thoughts on the Commit to Memory LP out there?

smallchange

I copped the El Sonido Moderno re-issue/boot ()

thank you scorpio! Trenton, NJ has become the epicenter of quasi-legal jazz/funk/latin reissues.

$??

DrWu

you need this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=4797626606

it's totally amazing... uh... was totally amazing. it's gone now.

ap

I bought the reissue a couple of years ago and didn't think much of it. It wasn't real funky if I remember correctly. I gave it to my friend, who says it's amazing. What is up with this piece? Jazzy, spacy, Cougar-Mellencampish? Talk to me bitches.

anthonypearson

its a latin record. new york city, high latin jazz and latin music period. it is not about funk. it is about puerto ricans in new york in 1970. east 110th street. its its own thing.

Reynaldo

Word. I'm not really looking for latin funky.

DrWu

So then its kinda cougar-mellencampish?

Unknown

Word. I'm not really looking for latin funky.